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Overly officious official. A jerk who knows the rules.

Well,
 

ChapJim has captured "a part" of OOO.

I am a jerk and I know the rules, yet I am far from an OOO.

An "Overly Officious" sort dives into the rules so deeply that when he arrives at a game he is "the star" of the game rather than the players. He refers constantly to 9.01c in OBR and 10-2-3g in FEDERATION Rules.

He looks for boogers, he is highly technical in seeing (and then coaching to correct) even minor violations by players.

In the dictionary I believe there is a picture of "OfficialTony" next to the definition.

All associations have OOOs . . . you just need to identify them and place them on your scratch list.

[Edited by Tim C on Apr 6th, 2005 at 01:07 PM]

An example...
 

An OOO would post a reply saying something to the effect that "Also, in chess, OOO is shorthand for castling queen-side."

I've said it elsewhere, and I'll say it here: 'officious' is always bad, so there's no "right amount" of officiousness. We really don't need to say "overly officious."

I know, I know. That's OOO...

Actually,
 

The original definition of OOO was:

Over Officious Oaf

Therefore there is more credence in the definition if official is replaced. Actually the term is is just like saying "surrounded on all sides". (Credit: Edwin Newman in Strictly Speaking).

Maybe we could figger out how to place odiferious in the definition.

Officious is not a negative term when used alone.

mb

You could possibly be an OOL. Overly Officious Linguist.

Mike

These are the types that keep assoc. from being strong. Can't say I hate but very much dislike umping and reffing with these. They hurt the game you 2 or 3 are calling.

"What is OOO?"

The sound your lady makes when you do something right.

Bob

They are the people that focus on one word of a meaning in the rules, rather than the concept or philosophy of the rules. They can quote the rules word for word, but they cannot apply them properly on the field.

We have a guy like this in our football organization. Every presentation or discussion in the meetings he always questions the presenter as to what they say based on one very minor detail. He always has to comment on very point in a presentation made because they did not use the "word for word" language in the rulebook during that presentation.

We also have many on this board that wrangle over single words and try to make a big deal out of it.

Peace

Re: An example...
 

Actually, that's "spelled" 0-0-0.

we have a guy in our association that takes the rule that all lines must be drawn of non caustic or lime.... and cuts it off to read all lines must be drawn. He gets so insistant that he will even drawn the on deck circles and coaches boxes himself and will not start a game until they are done.

I must be always wrong then. hehe :P